Marcos raises food production budget to P1B

The Manila Times

Marcos raises food production budget to P1B  National Irrigation Administration Bicol Regional Director Gaudencio De Vera tells The Manila Times on July 4, 2025 that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is determined to boost the food production in the Philippines, providing P1 billion to all regions from P300 million to help the farmers achieve rice production and sufficiency.  VIDEO BY RHAYDZ BARCIA  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #MarcosJr #Philippines

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00:00In fact, we were just here in Bicol, and since our funding here was $200-300 million.

00:09But when we got our president, it was almost $1 billion, $2 billion in every region, not just me.

00:19So we can see that that's the direction of food security.

00:24And we can see that the support of our NIA is that we are grateful.

00:27Actually, the contract farming, it comes to them.

00:32So we are going to buy a lot of food.

00:36We are available now at P29.

00:39So we also help them to market.

00:44The problem is that when we start, we will buy a lot of food.

00:49So we are going to buy a lot of food.

00:52So we really want our president to buy a lot of food.

00:54So, for all of us who gave a lot of food, thank you very much.

00:59Thank you very much.

00:59I'm the farmers, not just me.

01:02Our farmers are now in the government.

01:06The programs are really going to bring us to us.

01:10Especially the Convergence.

01:11Thank you very much.

01:30I'll see you next time.

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